BOTTOM LINE
The Durston X-Mid Professional 2 is a well-liked tent in ultralight circles, and we will see why. It is light-weight, spacious, supplies wonderful climate safety, and has nice air flow. However for us the X-Mid missed the mark in a couple of key areas. We nonetheless suppose it is an amazing shelter for solo hikers who desire a luxurious quantity of area with out a lot weight acquire over an ultralight single-person tent, however we’re not fairly as eager on this shelter when shared with a companion.
The place we appear to vary in opinion essentially the most from different accounts we’ve learn is on the matter of spaciousness. For us, the parallelogram ground form and the offset poles make the inside a bit awkward to occupy with a companion, as one individual will get the brief finish of the stick in terms of headroom.
The opposite key situation we had with this tent is that getting a very nice, taut pitch with no sag isn’t the simplest. The massive footprint and rectangular form could make campsite choice extra tedious than it’s with different tents, and we’re not fond of getting to wrestle with an ideal pitch after a tough day on the path.
Durston nails most of the particulars that make for a really nice tent expertise, like nicely designed vestibules, good pockets, and excellent air flow. However for our two-person adventures, we discovered that the X-Mid fell a bit wanting our excessive expectations.
